Former Allechante Location Has New Eatery: Norwich Square Cafe
Norwich — A new cafe and bistro has opened in the space previously occupied by Allechante, filling a gap in town left when its sole cafe closed more than a year ago. Norwich Square Cafe is owned and operated by Lebanon residents Priscilla Gosselin, her son, Brent Gosselin, and his wife, Fausta Gosselin. Priscilla Gosselin, who has been behind the push to restore fountains in Lebanon, formerly co-owned the Bean Gallery cafe in Lebanon,...
Costs Sink Family-Owned Ascutney Cafe
Ascutney — Life hasn’t been easy for the Savage family. A broken marriage of the parents, the loss of their home to foreclosure, repeated moves, the early death of one of the sons, have all challenged Bev Savage and her seven children. Where other families might despair and fall apart, however, the Savages pulled together, found hope, made friends and won loyal customers through their homemade pumpkin bread, bacon muffins with apple...
Avian Flu Drives Up Egg Prices
Kansas City, Mo. — Three weeks ago, if you ordered a three-egg omelet from Roxanne’s Cafe in the Kansas City suburb of Parkville, you would probably get a five-egg omelet instead. Cooks weren’t too concerned about how many eggs they scooped into the frying pan, and owner Roxanne Gray gladly allowed it. Today, Roxanne’s is more stringent. A three-egg omelet means three eggs. No more, no less. “I have one cook that I can’t control his...
